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Division 3 Semifinal: (1)Super Smash Bros. Ultimate vs (5)Marvel's Spider-Man

(1)Smash Ultimate - 16611 [63.61%]
(5)Spiderman - 9504 [36.39%]
Total Votes - 26115
Prediction Percentage - 52.13%

Having a day to relax and unwind after the insanity that Bloodborne and Resident Evil 2 gave us was nice. Division 3 is just what the doctor ordered. Smash was guaranteed to beat Spiderman, and Mario Odyssey was guaranteed to beat Shovel Knight. There would be no surprises here; all that mattered was the final percentages.

Depending on how you feel about Spiderman's strength, this was either par for the course or a Smash underperformance. We'll get to this more next round, but this was a mixture of Spiderman being stronger than everyone thought and a Smash underperformance. You don't undershoot your oracle consensus by 6% without something weird going on, and I'm of the belief that Smash has gotten to the point where it gets anti-voted.

Stingers stole my thunder a bit here, and that's okay, but I truly believe the hardcore Smash nuts are the single worst fanbase in all of entertainment and it's the cause for all these underperformances. I would legitimately and truly rather hang out with ''anyone'' else, and my biggest regret in my entire gaming life was ever sticking up for these people. I went back and reread some of my old stuff, and the Brawl fans were right. I should have seen it back then. It's not that Brawl is the better game, because it's just not, but Brawl represented the better fanbase. They're actually able to play a Smash game and have fun. Hardcore tourneydouche Smash idiots sucked the fun out of this series a long time ago. To put this in Board 8 terms, Nick is a cool guy that any of us would love to be around. He was on the Brawl side. That should be enough really.

Is Smash crazy strong on our site? Of course it is. But there is a growing subset of people who will hate that fanbase and that series for life, and will never vote for it. It's not ''all'' of the fanbase, but it's enough of them.

There are only so many stories like this people can see before they finally say fuck it and sour on these idiots:

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/08/bayonetta-players-battled-through-the-boos-at-evo-2018s-smash-4-finals/ (not mentioned is the two Bayonetta players being doxxed, harassed, and being sent death threats despite only being teenagers)

https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/22/18510985/smash-bros-hungrybox-crab-assault-pound-2019-video

There are only so many videos like this people can see before they finally bail on taking Smash seriously:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT0xHN65ExA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH74j3zRm3A

There are only so many stinky weirdos with no social skills one can be around before they're done. Did you guys know that these losers tried to get cheering banned at tournaments? You know, like the nutjobs who think clapping should be banned? There was a big movement for it. Did you know these morons once tried claiming Brawl Meta Knight is more broken than Street Fighter 2 Akuma, because "the esteemed Smash community" says so? The word esteemed belongs no where near these people.

I could go on with countless examples and talk about this for weeks. Smash started as a fun party game. What it's turned into is anything but, and I have a vicious disgust for people who ruin things I enjoy. If every tourneycrab acted like Stingers, Zero, or Hungrybox it would be one thing. Most act like Inui, and if you play Smash in ''any way'' other than "OMG GOTTA PREP FOR TOURNAMENTS GUYZZZZ" they have actual manic fits.

I don't blame anyone for anti-voting Smash games in these contests. I don't blame anyone for hating its fanbase. I just wish I had seen it sooner. I still love the series to death, but I have to separate the games from the fanbase to enjoy Smash games anymore. You Brawl fans were right all along.

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